I noticed the warmth with which Mr. Opitz greeted you. It is true that everybody knows the padre even if they think he's from some wacko religious place.
In some respects, you transcend rank, whether it's taking off the rank and mixing with sailors on a ship, which is probably the most obvious way, but I would imagine, though I don't know, that from time to time that creates its own level of difficulties. You see the chain of command ordering so-and-so to do whatever so-and-so is supposed to do and you know the story behind so-and-so. How do you handle that? To me, that seems a unique challenge of a military chaplain.